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Between the resurgence of the dreaded -Gate suffix (Bittergate? Seriously?) and all the plays on Reverend Jeremiah Wright's name, I thought it was worth throwing an entry into the increasingly competitive "worst headline" race.
The two controversies have been reinforcing each other, so, hopefully, Obama's denunciation of his former pastor will lead to the emergence of a new set of bad puns to perfectly encapsulate political news for us.
The reviews have been good so far, but I don't see how this ever goes away entirely for Obama. Wright is actively working to sabotage Obama's campaign. He will continue saying crazy things, and the media will continue broadcasting and "analyzing" them ("so does this mean Obama hates America or just white people?").
Whatever the timing or root cause, Wright has become a full blown lunatic . On some level, this helps Obama by giving him a constant foil to play off of in his endless quest to prove he is not an America-hating socialist.
How can undecided voters not have serious questions about Obama's judgment though? The new friend of Louis Farrakhan and proponent of the AIDS-as-government-weapon myth is irrevocably tied to Obama in the pages of his books and the photos of his wedding. As Wright discredits himself, it becomes potentially more disconcerting that Obama affiliated himself with such an unstable man the first place.
Noam Scheiber at the New Republic proposes a solution the Obama campaign no doubt is pushing: absolution from former Trinity Church member, shaper of free will, and erstwhile Obama savior, Oprah. http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_stump/archive/2008/04/29/where-s-opra...
Oprah was never a member at
Posted: Wed, 04/30/2008 - 20:30.
Oprah was never a member at Trinity, she just attended the church a few times. Rev. Wright's black liberation theology, which is the type of theology Wright chooses to preach didn't appeal to her.
To the poster before me -- A commie-racist (or whatever you called it?) Please, get over the silly madness. Thats a bit radical buddy, don't ya think?
The U.S. has gone mad!
Posted: Wed, 04/30/2008 - 15:47.
Or at least that's what one is led to think looking around at the current state of public opinion towards Obama. People can't even decide whether or not Obama is a Muslim! Which is absolutely amazing to me considering that his other big "scandal" has to do with his Reverend. So, it isn't really surprising that people are going to hold the Wright thing against him for awhile.
But, to all of those folks, riddle me this... If we elect Obama as the next President and it turns out that he is a big ol', Grade A, 100% CommieRacist; what would he even do? It's not like he could pass any legislation, the House or the Senate would see to that. Do you think he's going to turn the U.S. into a socialist nation? Because he can't. Why? Because the system of checks and balances (Yes, that dumb vocabulary word form 3rd grade Social Studies) was put into place by our forefathers to stop that very thing from happening. So, please, for the sanity of the United States, just stop with the "Comrade Obama" crap and lets talk issues...